| Individual soccer training is crucial to developing skill in | | | | need to do it yourself if you want to take your |
| young players. If we relate to how we improve at | | | | game to the next level. |
| anything it is purely by repeating the action in the | | | | Believe me when I say you will get out what you put |
| form of practice over and over again. Therefore | | | | in. And if you put a lot in you will be amazed at the |
| soccer training twice a week and a game on a week | | | | results. It will not be long before you are in a position |
| end is not enough to fully develop the potential of | | | | where your touch and skill as a player far exceeds |
| young soccer players. | | | | your expectation. Now for the unfortunate part. As I |
| As with any skill if you don't use it you lose. The idea | | | | said if you don't use it you lose. You must not, as a |
| here is to practice on your own using drills and | | | | player, rest on your laurels and think that "I've |
| techniques that lend themselves to individual soccer | | | | improved my touch I can now take a rest". You |
| training. OK so you can't train every day with your | | | | have to continuously practice with the ball for at |
| team but you can devote extra time to training | | | | least 30 minutes on the days you are not training |
| yourself. I can speak through personal experience | | | | with your team. Now the good part is that it is easy |
| here. I was lucky enough to be in a position to be | | | | to practice these skills when all you need is a ball and |
| able to train every day. The outcome was that you | | | | a piece of spare ground. But what is the point if you |
| began to do things with the ball that you could never | | | | don't know what drills to use to improve. There is a |
| imagine. Not everyone is fortunate enough to have | | | | great deal of individual soccer training drills available |
| organized training sessions every day therefore you | | | | online to copy and improve. |